Sign in
Jersey Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Jersey Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
0 court collections
Last checked

Jersey decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Arbitration [2013] JRC 059

Jersey Sports -v- Barclays Private

Jersey Sports -v- Barclays Private [2013] JRC 059 (14 March 2013)

The Royal Court refused leave to appeal an arbitration award on dilapidations damages and costs, holding the arbitrator made no legal error and acted reasonably.

  • Measure of damages
  • Costs in arbitration
  • Refusal to mediate
  • Diminution in value
  • Repair covenants
  • Arbitration-appeals
Read case analysis
Contract law [2009] JLR 401

Pell Frischmann v Bow Valley

Pell Frischmann v Bow Valley [2009] JLR 401 (26 November 2009)

The case addresses Wrotham Park damages in contract law, treating them as compensatory damages based on a hypothetical negotiation for release of the contractual obligation.

  • Damages
  • Wrotham park damages
  • Measure of damages
  • Equitable relief
  • Contract-law
  • Wrotham-park-damages
Read case analysis
Contract law

Snell v Thacker

Snell v Thacker [2007] JLR_Note 2 (16 November 2006)

A Jersey contract damages note confirming that damages aim to put the claimant in the position they would have been in if the contract had been performed.

  • Damages
  • Measure of damages
  • Contract-law
  • Measure-of-damages
Read case analysis
Contract law [2006] JCA 164

Snell -v- Beadle 16-Nov-2006

Snell -v- Beadle 16-Nov-2006 [2006] JCA 164 (16 November 2006)

Court of Appeal held that damages for refusal of a right of way must include lost income as well as capital value where that was the intended use of the property.

  • Breach of contract
  • Measure of damages
  • Remoteness
  • Mitigation
  • Loss of chance
  • Compensation for lost income
Read case analysis
Contract law [2006] JRC 046

Snell -v- Beadle 23-Mar-2006

Snell -v- Beadle 23-Mar-2006 [2006] JRC 046 (23 March 2006)

The court assessed damages for Mrs Beadle’s breach of a right-of-way agreement and awarded Mr Snell loss-based compensation, discounted for financing uncertainty.

  • Remoteness of damages
  • Measure of damages
  • Mitigation of loss
  • Consequential loss
  • Vehicular right of way
  • Sale of land
Read case analysis
Contract law [2005] JRC 019

Bespoke Investments v Lincoln Nominess

Bespoke Investments v Lincoln Nominess [2005] JRC 019 (23 February 2005)

The court construed a share vending agreement for a country house sale, holding that functioning audio and CCTV systems and some chattels were promised, but dismissing the saddles claim.

  • Interpretation of contracts
  • Parol evidence rule
  • Entire agreement clauses
  • Sale of land and chattels
  • Measure of damages
  • Contract-interpretation
Read case analysis
Civil procedure [1999] UR 76

1999/76 - Mayo & Ors v Anagram & Ors

1999/76 - Mayo & Ors v Anagram & Ors [1999] UR 76 (5 May 1999)

Interlocutory Jersey ruling on stay, discovery, amendment, and strike-out applications. The court dismissed a stay request, made discovery unless orders, required particulars for amendment, and struck out unsupported loss claims.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Adequacy of legal representation
  • Extension of time for affidavit of documents
  • Unless order
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Particulars of claim
Read case analysis
Contract law [1995] JLR 223

Viberts v Golder

Viberts v Golder [1995] JLR 223 (13 July 1995)

The court held that, for negligent preparation of a land purchase contract by an advocate, damages should be assessed by the diminution in value of the land.

  • Damages
  • Measure of damages
  • Negligent preparation of contract
  • Diminution in value of land
  • Professional-negligence
  • Land-purchase-contracts
Read case analysis
Contract law [1981] JLR 1

Grunhalle Lager v Tascan Trading

Grunhalle Lager v Tascan Trading [1981] JLR 1 (20 February 1981)

The court held that reliance expenditure and net profits may both be recovered for breach of contract, so long as there is no overlap and no double compensation.

  • Damages
  • Measure of damages
  • Double compensation
  • Reliance loss
  • Expectation loss
  • Contract-law
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Jersey decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.